House N/A stands on a plot beside the sea in an exclusive residential area in Herzliya. Here there are far more buildings and building sites than green areas.The building is surrounded by seven properties, each with its own garden.The house's volume has been articulated according to the visibility of the nearby green fragments, and has been arranged over three floors. The visual centre of the composition is a square patio measuring 3,70 x 3,70 m. around which the rest of the house is distributed. This garden is, above all, an area for mental acclimatization. It records the tiniest meteorological variations and different light conditions appear and disappear. The house was designed for a couple and their two children. From the very beginning they wanted the garden to be as visible as possible from the building while maintaining their privacy. For this reason too, when the construction is seen from the main road to the east, it appears as a closed delimiting wall; the only empty space indicating it is a private home is the front door. Once entering the house from the main gate, at road level, we walk up the entrance stairs and observe the house diagonally, although the main attention lies upon the tiny garden, designed only for its view.
The property's fence and east-looking façade are both finished with horizontal terracotta staves which maintain the same visual and material quality. The contrasts between light and shade create an optical effect that further extends the façade's horizontality. The strongly introverted impression of the exterior, is contrasted by the interior, which is open to the patio and is overlooked by the kitchen and entrance. This acts as a filter for the dining and living rooms and permits a glimpse of the vegetation of the internal garden and the whole length of the property. Descending three steps through the first living room and then descending again one enters the more intimate internal parlour. The long living room window frames the south side of the internal garden, the large west window faces the swimming pool, while the north-facing windows frame the kitchen's small lateral garden and are accentuated by the 60 cm. thickness of the walls. The depth of the windows and mass of the walls are underlined in the building's north-east view. The colour for that part was kept neutral. The spatial continuity of ground floor is determined by its various visual sequences and by the different heights of the space. The basement contains service areas and guestrooms with their small green yard. On the top floor, bedrooms are articulated around the patio as three independent units. The children's bedrooms have a view of the dense expanse of trees along the avenue, while that of the parents overlooks the sea.

Location: Herzliya, Israel

Site area: 1100 m²

Total floor area: 840 m²

Number of stories: 3

Status: Completion, 2007

House N/A stands on a plot beside the sea in an exclusive residential area in Herzliya. Here there are far more buildings and building sites than green areas.The building is surrounded by seven properties, each with its own garden.The house’s volume has been articulated according to the visibility of the nearby green fragments, and has been arranged over three floors. The visual centre of the composition is a square patio measuring 3,70 x 3,70 m. around which the rest of the house is distributed. This garden is, above all, an area for mental acclimatization. It records the tiniest meteorological variations and different light conditions appear and disappear. The house was designed for a couple and their two children. From the very beginning they wanted the garden to be as visible as possible from the building while maintaining their privacy. For this reason too, when the construction is seen from the main road to the east, it appears as a closed delimiting wall; the only empty space indicating it is a private home is the front door. Once entering the house from the main gate, at road level, we walk up the entrance stairs and observe the house diagonally, although the main attention lies upon the tiny garden, designed only for its view.

The property’s fence and east-looking façade are both finished with horizontal terracotta staves which maintain the same visual and material quality. The contrasts between light and shade create an optical effect that further extends the façade’s horizontality. The strongly introverted impression of the exterior, is contrasted by the interior, which is open to the patio and is overlooked by the kitchen and entrance. This acts as a filter for the dining and living rooms and permits a glimpse of the vegetation of the internal garden and the whole length of the property. Descending three steps through the first living room and then descending again one enters the more intimate internal parlour. The long living room window frames the south side of the internal garden, the large west window faces the swimming pool, while the north-facing windows frame the kitchen’s small lateral garden and are accentuated by the 60 cm. thickness of the walls. The depth of the windows and mass of the walls are underlined in the building’s north-east view. The colour for that part was kept neutral. The spatial continuity of ground floor is determined by its various visual sequences and by the different heights of the space. The basement contains service areas and guestrooms with their small green yard. On the top floor, bedrooms are articulated around the patio as three independent units. The children’s bedrooms have a view of the dense expanse of trees along the avenue, while that of the parents overlooks the sea.